Simon Stephens

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Simon Stephens

Head of Publications and Events, Museums Association

Q&A with Sandy Knapp

The Natural History Museum botanist responds to the #savedippy campaign

English Heritage names new chief executives

Kate Mavor and Duncan Wilson to join body after split

Grand designs

There have been some landmark galleries built over the past few years but how are they working as venues to show art and serve modern audiences? Simon Stephens reports

Lakeland life

Gordon Watson tells Simon Stephens about the modernisation of Lakeland Arts and its plans for a major new museum

International opening: Historic Dockyard Museum, Stanley, Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands are best known for the 1982 conflict with Argentina but a new museum shows there is much more to the country. By Simon Stephens

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Editorial

It is what you do with your space that counts

Funding news

Overseas assistance

Wandsworth Museum plans merger with arts venue

Council could approve Battersea Arts Centre partnership next month

Science Museum kicks off Churchill celebrations

Venues in the UK and abroad mark 50th anniversary of his death

Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire

The home of world war two codebreaking has been brought alive by interactive and immersive displays that recreate the atmosphere of the time, says Simon Stephens

Great expectations

Simon Wallis wants to ensure that the Hepworth Wakefield reaches as many audiences as possible. By Simon Stephens

Funding news

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